Forum : ARM
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April 30, 2007 - 9:22am
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Dear Sir, I noted that in the RIDE for STRx download, you included GNUARM version 4.0.0. However, I see that on GNUARM site there is version 4.1.1. I downloaded it, installed and it works apparently well, with some advantages regarding code size. My question is: it is safe to use the "new" GNUARM version -or- there are some issues in the compiler that lead to prefer "old" GNUARM? Thank you Romano |
Hi,
We have not tested version 4.1.1 ourselves, but we trust that the GNUARM team provides robust software and you can use their latest version. However, we cannot release a new version of RIDE every time they release a new version of GNUARM.
The only danger in using RIDE with GNUARM 4.1.1 like you are doing is with the precompiled libraries: RIDE provides you with some precompiled libraries, (UART0_putchar, small_printf, STRxlib) that have been compiled ith GNUARM version 4.0.0. Depending on the changes they made in their latest release, there might be some conflicts. There is very little chance of that but it could happen. If you think it does, then the best option is to recompile the libraries using GNUARM 4.1.1: We provide the sources of all our STRx libraries. (search c:\ride\lib\strx\...)
Best Regards,
Vincent
Hello Vincent,
I am not using any precompiled library from you, so I should have no problem.
Thank you, I will post if I will find problems (hopefully not!)
Romano